About 20 graves can be found in the Love Family Cemetery off North Clear Creek Road. The last burial was in 1967.
The cemetery is well maintained and surrounded by a fence on private property.
Robert Love came from Scotland, by way of Ireland, with his brothers to Charleston, S.C. By 1802, he had settled along Clear Creek in today’s Henderson County.
He and his wife, Elizabeth, are buried in this old family cemetery. Daughter Elizabeth married Francis Marion Harper.
Son Matthew, who married Mary Ann Johnson, was one of the first school teachers in the community.
Three Confederate veterans are buried in the cemetery.
George Washington Love enlisted in the 56th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. G, Henderson Blues, on 2-29-1864. He was captured 3-25-1865 at the Battle of Fort Stedman during the Siege of Petersburg, a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., and released 6-28-1865. He died in 1903.
John Wesley Love enlisted in the 25th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. A, Edney’s Greys, on 5-15-1861. He was captured 4-2-1865 near Petersburg during the Appomattox Campaign, a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., and released 6-28-1865. He died in 1875.
Matthew Nixon Love enlisted in the 25th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. A, Edney’s Greys, on 5-15-1861. He was promoted to captain 4-30-1862. He was wounded 7-1-1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill during the Seven Days Battles, wounded 12-13-1862 at the Battle of Fredericksburg, appointed major 11-5-1864 and transferred to Field and Staff. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel 1-1-1865 and surrendered 4-9-1865 at Appomattox Court House. He died in 1887.